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> fundamentally different That's a stretch. Just because the rights were sold differently doesn't mean football was "fundamentally different" from one year to
by louthy 1y ago
> fundamentally different
That's a stretch. Just because the rights were sold differently doesn't mean football was "fundamentally different" from one year to the next. Some tweaks to the game (and the ball) have been made over the years, but the game is fundamentally the same.
- squidbeak 1y agoThis really isn't true. The object of the game might be the same. But the backpass rule altered the game mechanics in a way that makes these separate eras impossible to compare in any kind of study.
- louthy 1y ago> But the backpass rule altered the game mechanics Nah, it didn’t. You’re overstating. My memory of that time was general confusion of “why the name change?” And not much else. The game has certainly been tweaked, but your claim of it being fundamentally different doesn’t bear scrutiny.
- squidbeak 1y agoYes it did. The rule change ended the profoundly negative winning method of a team scoring a goal and then killing the game by passing the ball between defenders and the goalkeeper, who could scoop it up under any pressure. It isn't an overstatement to say this fundamentally altered the game.
- louthy 1y agoOk, so you have a different definition of 'fundamental' to me. My definition of fundamental change isn't "At the end of a game the team that's ahead passes the ball around in a slightly different way to waste time", that type of time wasting still occurred (and still occurs), just without the goalkeeper.